Monday 30 June 2014

First past the post is similar to anarchy

By definition the state is able to claim any property which it chooses to claim. It is the absolute authority and it defines the law regardless of whatever apparent constraints are placed on the state. Given this fact it is only democracy which is able to constrain the state and hold it to account. Without democracy and the consent of the people the state is able to claim (steal) all of the wealth and property.

If the state chooses to take all the property we can describe this as right-wing even if it claims to be communist or acting in the interests of the people. The state is always right-wing. It is only democracy which legitimises the state and enables the poor to protect themselves from the theft of their property by the state. For the state not to be democratic is a form of theft since the people will seek to protect their property from the state.

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